Patricia McLean

Passionate about ICT & education. Love my iPhone, iPad, electric Brompton & French Horn. Retired from teaching and living on NB Bisous. Guerilla knitter.

[Joncro @JohnCrookes7]

Not given the prominence it deserved by the BBC.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Ah yes that famous “negotiation” where Japan unconditionally surrendered after two atom bombs and Hitler blew his brains out.

[Vince. #RespectOurMandate🌹#COYI @Vinc_Ev_]

This is very sad. Roy was a prominent politician when I first started studying politics in the 80s. A passionate speaker and dedicated Labour man. Rest in Peace 🙏

[Jennifer Stewart @JenniferJS_]

Foreign leaders who know @Keir_Starmer admire, like and respect him. They must be mystified at the Burnham fiasco. #starmermuststay

[Andrew McManus @AndrewMcManus70]

A 10% increase in the price of the @waitrose lunchtime meal deal to £5.50?! With @Tesco and @BootsUK even closer to my office I guess that's the last time I'll have a Waitrose lunch....

[Angela Eagle DBE @angelaeagle]

This is sad news

[Hugh 🌹 @HughEdw31897368]

This is a significant meeting yet I can see no reference to it on the BBC News App.
If it was a Tory PM it would be prominently featured. KS has faced this deliberate suppression since day one. And we all know why Nandy has done nothing to address media hostility.

[Andrew Roberts @andyrubble666]

Hi @LNER our train is delayed so we will miss our connection at York. As we bought the tickets through you are they valid on any other trains ?

[JBL @johninsouthfla]

Chris Mason should be fired today from Today R4.

This is NOT impartial reporting. EVERYTHING Starmer does is sneered at and hedged with negative caveats. It's not news, Mason, its jaundiced bias we rarely heard during the Johnson era. Boris was always "upbeat" and "ebullient".

[Lucy Powell MP @LucyMPowell]

This is sad news. Roy Hattersley, best known for being Neil Kinnock’s deputy leader, shaped the Labour Party and British politics. He was a giant of our movement and of that generation of politicians. I met him a few times and he was always kind, thoughtful and full of sound advice. RIP

[Andrew Western MP @AndrewHWestern]

No you won’t mate.

You’ll announce a proposed policy. Hopefully one that involves your boss and his deputy paying their full taxes

I know you’ve been pretending to be the Shadow Chancellor for months but pretending to be the actual Chancellor is a bridge too far.

[Harriet Harman @HarrietHarman]

A giant of the Labour Party, Roy was a progressive, a libertarian & egalitarian. An intellectual steeped in an understanding of Labour history, he stuck with the party when the SDP was formed & fought the takeover by militant. A democratic socialist who was helpful and kind to me RIP

[Mike Haley @gmike27]

Hi @LNER I can get seamless wifi connection on a plane at 40000ft travelling at 400mph but on your trains at ground level the connection is pants!

[Sarah Ludford 🇬🇧 🇮🇪🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @SarahLudford]

British flower producer refers on @BBCWomansHour to ‘the dreaded #Brexit’. The presenter nervously jumps in to correct her ‘other people would disagree’.
Why does @BBCNews feel it necessary to do this censorship on Brexit? It’s not as if it’s a BBC journalist saying this.

[Vincent Stops @VincentStops]

At @10DowningStreet to demand a rethink on floating bus stops. Andrew here, used to be able to get the bus to M&S, Hyacinth to hospital and her knitting shop. Now it’s not possible because SoS @Heidi_Labour prioritise fit young cyclists who can’t wait over blind and disabled people. @Number10cat

[Ce jour-là dans l'Histoire @CeJour_Histoire]

"On trouve tout à la Samaritaine." Cette phrase, vos grands-parents l'ont dite sans y penser.

Derrière elle, un vendeur de tissu sans le sou. Et un magasin qui s'est éteint un 15 juin.

Vers 1870, Ernest Cognacq vend du tissu dans la rue, près du Pont Neuf, par tous les temps. Sa femme Marie-Louise est vendeuse. Ils n'ont qu'une boutique de 48 m².

Alors ils rachètent celle d'à côté. Puis l'immeuble. Puis le pâté de maisons entier. Dans les années 60, c'est 48 000 m² au cœur de Paris. Un magasin grand comme un quartier.

Puis vient le déclin. Le 15 juin 2005, la Samaritaine ferme. On parle de sécurité, mais la vérité est plus simple : Paris ne l'aimait plus.

Seize ans de volets clos. Un géant endormi au bord de la Seine.

Et le 23 juin 2021, elle rouvre. Dorée à la feuille d'or, restaurée, sauvée.

Le couple n'a jamais eu d'enfant. Ce magasin, c'était tout ce qu'ils laissaient derrière eux.

Vous y êtes entré, au temps des grands rayons ?

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist.

At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk

[The Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP @LindsayHoyle_MP]

So sorry to hear the sad news that Roy Hattersley has died ,thoughts and prayers with his family and friends.

[SilverCipher 🇬🇧 @TheSilverCipher]

Why is my pet insurance renewal quote increasing by 50% @manypets_uk ?

[Glasgow Fietser 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺🇬🇱🇮🇸 @FietserGlasgow]

Tom is very angry that France has better trains & better 5G than the UK. AND they have NO bike lanes.
If only we could find out who sold off all our trains in the 1990s, forced networks to rebuild half their 5G network in 2020 ... & get someone to tell him about Paris bike lanes.